{"id":5473,"date":"2015-12-07T17:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/events\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2015-12-07T17:38:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T17:38:27","slug":"the-future-for-policy-on-biodiversity-and-natural-capital-in-the-uk-priorities-practicalities-and-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?p=5473","title":{"rendered":"The future for policy on biodiversity and natural capital in the UK: priorities, practicalities and targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>21 April 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Timed to follow the planned publication of the European Union\u2019s \u2018Fitness Check\u2019 on key conservation directives in early 2016, this seminar will provide a timely opportunity to assess progress made towards meeting the UK\u2019s Biodiversity 2020 targets.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates are expected to assess Government\u2019s plans in this area, such as the new \u2018Open Environment\u2019 initiative, announced in a speech delivered by the Environment Secretary, that aims to improve the use of data and technology in environmental monitoring and will be developed over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>They will also consider the next phase of the Natural Capital Committee\u2019s work, following the manifesto commitment to extend its life to the end of the current Parliament and to develop a \u201825 Year Plan\u2019 to restore UK Biodiversity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk\/forums\/index.php?fid=westminster_energy_environment_and_transport_forum\" target=\"_blank\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21 April 2016 London Timed to follow the planned publication of the European Union\u2019s \u2018Fitness Check\u2019 on key conservation directives in early 2016, this seminar will provide a timely opportunity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?p=5473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The future for policy on biodiversity and natural capital in the UK: priorities, practicalities and targets<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-ihbc-areas-of-competence-professional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5474,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5473\/revisions\/5474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}